Lime

Q: How is it you can make an entire curry dish at home with only 10 ingredients that tastes like it has 20? A: Store-bought curry paste. Most versions contain ingredients you can only find at an Asian markets like galangal, lemongrass, and kaffir lime, that transform coconut milk and shrimp into an as-good-as-if-not-better-than takeout dish that’s ready in less than 30 minutes.

This recipe makes just enough salsa verde to coat one bag of chips, but it's so tasty and versatile that we always make a double batch. If you can, choose a heftier chip that will hold up when stirred into the sauce.

These super-flavorful, no-fry chicken wings turn out best when they’re seasoned ahead of time. You can do this as little as 1 hour in advance, but letting them hang out with salt and those spices overnight is a complete game changer.

Senior editor Rick Martinez looooves tacos al pastor, but on his last trip to Mexico City, he opted for fish tacos al pastor at Contramar. He did not think he could possibly like a fish taco more than a pork one until that moment, hence the origin story of this recipe.